URIteacherknowledge - EDC 430 F14 WK 02 2014-09-15

Agenda for Class 02:Tuesday, September 15, 2014

Announcements
Developing a Teaching Philosophy / Instructional Theory
- What do you want to discuss from the readings?
- What are the characteristics of a good science teacher? Is "good" the same as "effective?"
- What do want to include in your teaching philosophy?
PKB: Gathering Information For Teaching
- Join our shared notebook of science teaching resources.
- Share with us what you found last week.
Preparing for 431
- Letters for CT and Principal
- 431 Activity Checklists

Reading
- Download the Framework for K-12 Science: Next Generation Science. Read Chapters 2 (Guiding Assumptions) and Chapter 3 (Science and Engineering Practices).
- Download 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics: High School Biology. Read p. 6 (Teacher Pedagogical Beliefs) and p. 16-19 (Classroom/HW Practices)
Research
- Explore the NSTA website. Use the Evernote webclipper to clip 5 resources related to the Next Generations Science Standards
Writing
- Draft your teaching philosophy and post on the Teaching Philosophies page on URITK.
- In your Student Teaching Journal
  - Choose a topic you are likely to teach.
  - Find four pictures showing phenomena related to this topic.
  - Create a caption for each picture in the form of a question that might spark student curiosity in lcass

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